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200,000 older Australians caught up in home care delays

Helen Carrie
September 2, 2025
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it’s a terrible situation.

Taxpayers to be slugged $70m annually for new Treaty bill

Helen Carrie
September 2, 2025
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With total costs set to exceed $586 million by 2029.

Blues set to poach Power boss to lead new era

Helen Carrie
September 1, 2025
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Carlton’s search for a new footy boss after Brad Lloyd’s sacking appears over.

Virgin Australia celebrates its silver anniversary

Guest authors
September 1, 2025
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The carrier that would become Australia’s second largest airline group operated its first flight, from Brisbane to Sydney, on 31 August 2000, and benefited from the collapse of Ansett a year later before rebranding to Virgin Australia in 2011.

Vietjet shifts all Australia flights to Ho Chi Minh City

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September 1, 2025
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The Vietnamese low-cost carrier will end its Sydney-Hanoi service on 27 September and its Melbourne-Hanoi service on 3 October, but will gradually ramp up to daily flights from both destinations, as well as Brisbane, to Ho Chi Minh City.

Garuda Indonesia adds more Sydney and Melbourne services

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September 1, 2025
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The Indonesian flag carrier will add more services from Melbourne to Denpasar, as well as from both Melbourne and Sydney to Jakarta, as demand rises for travel between Indonesia and Australia.

WWII’s highest-scoring fighter ace

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September 1, 2025
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In this exclusive extract from his new book, Colin Burgess speaks to Clive Caldwell, the man dubbed ‘killer’ for vanquishing 28 enemy aircraft. Clive Caldwell is, without doubt, Australia’s most successful fighter pilot of WWII. Born in Sydney in 1911,…

Bringing the Catalina back

Guest authors
September 1, 2025
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A dedicated group of volunteers is restoring a piece of aviation history – and passing on their skills to a new generation of aviation workers. In a warehouse in Beresfield, near Newcastle, a long, slow resurrection is underway. Rescued more than a dec…

Right as rain

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September 1, 2025
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The arrival of the first A321XLR marks a quiet, if soggy, revolution for the carrier Qantas in July took delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR, the aircraft set to replace the 737 as the backbone of its domestic fleet. Named ‘Great Ocean Road’ and regis…

Going to Bat

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September 1, 2025
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The RAAF is finally revealing details on the aircraft formally known as Loyal Wingman Since its unveiling in May 2020, there’s been precious little information on how much progress Boeing’s MQ-28A Ghost Bat has made. The trailblazing drone, for those u…